Mark B. (33) has been sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to undergo compulsory psychiatric treatment because he stabbed a prison guard in the neck with a homemade knife in the Vught prison. The court in Den Bosch found attempted manslaughter proven and delivered its verdict on Wednesday. The guard survived the attack, but it could have ended very differently, the court said.
B. stabbed the guard out of nowhere on Boxing Day. With the h…
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On December 26, 2025, inmate Mark B. (33) 'deliberately' attacked an employee of the Vught Penitentiary Institution with a homemade knife. He cut the victim in the neck. By doing so, the man committed attempted manslaughter.
Mark B. (33) has been sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to undergo compulsory psychiatric treatment because he stabbed a prison guard in the neck with a homemade knife in the Vught prison. The court in Den Bosch found attempted manslaughter proven and delivered its verdict on Wednesday. The guard survived the attack, but it could have ended very differently, the court said.
B. stabbed the guard out of nowhere on Boxing Day. With the h…